Boden, John William, Private, 37041, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Formerly 44395, North Staffordshire Regiment
Born Rowsley, Derbyshire
Enlisted Bakewell, Derbyshire
Killed in action 23rd October 1916 aged 22
Son of Ada Boden, of Stanton-in-Peak, Rowsley, Derbyshire, and the late John James Boden.
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

According to the First World War Medal Roll, John's medals were returned as he had died

1911 Census
A farmer's son, working on the farm
Son of John James, a stone merchant and farmer, and Ada Boden, of Rowsley Hall Farm, Rowsley, Derbyshire

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(Article concerning John William Boden, Derbyshire Courier, 23rd December 1916)
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Memorial to John William Boden on Family Grave, St. Katherine's Churchyard, Rowsley

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